The Toreros earned their first lead of the game at 53-52 on a lay-in by Christopher Anderson with 11:39 left in the game. That capped off a 13-4 Torero run over a three minute stretch after Pepperdine led 48-40. With just under eight minutes left a Dennis Kramer three knotted the score at 58-all, but from there the Waves went on a 10-0 run capped off by an old-fashioned three-point play by Brendan Lane for a 68-58 advantage. Dee ended the run with a three-pointer from the left corner with 4 ½ minutes to go, and another Dee three made it 69-64 at the 3:25 mark. Unfortunately USD would not score from there.

For the game USD shot 41.1% from the field (23-56), but were a little better from beyond the three-point arc (7-16, 43.8%). USD outrebounded Pepperdine 37-31, but the Waves committed just 8 turnovers to USD's 14.

In the first half Pepperdine led 34-26 at the break. The Waves were paced by the hot shooting from guard Malcolm Brooks who led all scorers with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. USD was paced by Johnny Dee's 10 points as he canned both of his three-point attempts. In addition to both Christopher Anderson and Johnny Dee each getting two fouls and seeing limited action, the Toreros didn't help their cause with 9 turnovers. Jito Kok had 4 blocked shots in the first 20 minutes, matching his career-high.

USD returns to action on Monday when they play at Loyola Marymount at 7pm. The Lions (9-4) opened up their WCC slate with an impressive 87-76 home win over BYU on Saturday behind freshman Evan Payne's 27 points.

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